Jeremy Menuhin - Biography
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Jeremy Menuhin made his New York debut as winner of the Young Concert Artists' Piano Competition in 1984 and soon afterwards gave the first in a number of concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic. He has regularly given recitals in the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Salle Pleyel in Paris.
Jeremy Menuhin's broad musical education included composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, piano studies with Mindru Katz in Israel and conducting with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna.
He has played with many leading orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre Nationale de France, the Houston Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, the Czech Philharmonic, Salzburg Mozarteum and the chamber orchestras of Zurich, St Petersburg and Prague as well as the English Chamber Orchestra.
During recent seasons Jeremy Menuhin has toured with the Sinfonia Varsovia and the Philharmonia Hungarica in Spain, Switzerland, and France and in Russia with the Camerata St Petersburg. In Britain he has appeared at the South Bank, Wigmore Hall, the Barbican, St.John's Smith Square, Symphony Hall Birmingham and the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Other recent engagements have included tours of Germany, Lithuania, Holland and France, solo recitals at the Ubeda Festival, Spain, Ravello Festival, Italy, and for Radio France and concerts in Zurich with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Spain with the Camera Reina Sofia conducted by Sir Neville Marriner, Luzerne with the Württembürgisches Kammerorchester and the Gstaad Festival with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jeremy Menuhin has recorded works by Schubert, Mozart, Debussy, Beethoven and Dvorak for Chandos, EMI and Ades. His recording of Bartok's Sonatas for Violin and Piano with his father, Yehudi Menuhin, was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque. His Schubert recordings for Dinemec Classics (four CDs to date) have been widely acclaimed 'every harmonic side-step, every momentary change of pace is tasted to the full.' The Times. Recordings of Beethoven Piano Concertos, with the Sinfornia Varsovia, and also Beethoven Piano Sonatas were released on the Dutch label Cobra and for Nimbus he has recorded several Mozart Piano Concerti with the English Symphony Orchestra.
Jeremy Menuhin was appointed director of the Menuhin Academy, Gstaad in April 2007.
Jeremy Menuhin made his New York debut as winner of the Young Concert Artists' Piano Competition in 1984 and soon afterwards gave the first in a number of concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic. He has regularly given recitals in the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Salle Pleyel in Paris.
Jeremy Menuhin's broad musical education included composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, piano studies with Mindru Katz in Israel and conducting with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna.
He has played with many leading orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre Nationale de France, the Houston Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, the Czech Philharmonic, Salzburg Mozarteum and the chamber orchestras of Zurich, St Petersburg and Prague as well as the English Chamber Orchestra.
During recent seasons Jeremy Menuhin has toured with the Sinfonia Varsovia and the Philharmonia Hungarica in Spain, Switzerland, and France and in Russia with the Camerata St Petersburg. In Britain he has appeared at the South Bank, Wigmore Hall, the Barbican, St.John's Smith Square, Symphony Hall Birmingham and the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Other recent engagements have included tours of Germany, Lithuania, Holland and France, solo recitals at the Ubeda Festival, Spain, Ravello Festival, Italy, and for Radio France and concerts in Zurich with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Spain with the Camera Reina Sofia conducted by Sir Neville Marriner, Luzerne with the Württembürgisches Kammerorchester and the Gstaad Festival with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jeremy Menuhin has recorded works by Schubert, Mozart, Debussy, Beethoven and Dvorak for Chandos, EMI and Ades. His recording of Bartok's Sonatas for Violin and Piano with his father, Yehudi Menuhin, was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque. His Schubert recordings for Dinemec Classics (four CDs to date) have been widely acclaimed 'every harmonic side-step, every momentary change of pace is tasted to the full.' The Times. Recordings of Beethoven Piano Concertos, with the Sinfornia Varsovia, and also Beethoven Piano Sonatas were released on the Dutch label Cobra and for Nimbus he has recorded several Mozart Piano Concerti with the English Symphony Orchestra.
Jeremy Menuhin was appointed director of the Menuhin Academy, Gstaad in April 2007.
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